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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the story begin?
(a) The actors dance an Irish jig.
(b) Rock and roll music is heard.
(c) The actors walk solemnly onto the stage.
(d) A narrator appears.

2. About what does Pat sing?
(a) How strong the IRA once was.
(b) How he wishes he were an Irishman.
(c) How he wonders what life is like outside of Ireland.
(d) How wonderful the Brits are.

3. During the conversation, what does Pat comment about the fight of the IRA for independence?
(a) It is over.
(b) It is almost over.
(c) It has just begun.
(d) It is never over.

4. On what does Pat insist from the officer?
(a) An award.
(b) A letter of recommendation.
(c) A bonus check.
(d) Rent in advance.

5. This raucous comedy-drama tells the parallel stories of what two people?
(a) Soldiers, one Irish and one British.
(b) Soldiers, one American and one German.
(c) Caretakers, one Irish and one British.
(d) Prostitutes, one Irish and one British.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat promise Teresa if she can keep her mouth shut?

2. What does Pat do when Colette takes the money?

3. What does the officer tell Meg and Teresa to do?

4. What circumstances do Meg and Pat discuss?

5. Why can Mulleady not leave with Miss Gilchrist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Meg appear? What does the Officer think of this?

2. How does Teresa act when she finds out the Officer did not give the Soldier the cigarettes? How does the Soldier respond?

3. How does the play end?

4. What takes place in the conversation between Teresa and the Soldier?

5. What does Pat tell the Soldier about his situation?

6. How does Miss Gilchrist respond when the others angrily ask her about her name?

7. What does the Soldier ask the Volunteer? What is the Volunteer's response?

8. For whom does the Soldier mistake Miss Gilchrist? Why?

9. What takes place between the Soldier and Teresa when they are first alone?

10. For what does the Soldier ask? Does he get it? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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